Your pet's health starts from the inside out. This means that nutrition and diet management are just as important as proper grooming and hygiene practices. Health is an active condition that we create each day through our choices and actions, so follow these seven tips for optimal health for your pet!
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Clinic is a website that helped me treat her mange topically with 1% H-peroxide and borax as a soak or dip.The vet put her on simplicef for 28 days which worked great with the addition of organic yogurt.It all worked instantly and the puppy went from lethargic to a super energized normal smelling beautiful puppy.She has to eat allergy free food and take daily vitamins - plus fish oil- pumpkin and probiotics.
I love this website.
http://www.earthclinic.com/pets.html
I feed my dog Fromm sprinkled with Wysong dental treat (nice white teeth) and Primal raw.
If I had it to do over, I'd be actively seeking out a Giardia vaccine.
I don't think that the giardia vaccine is recommended by the major veterinary associations. I can dig up links if it helps you, or you can look for AAHA and AVMA vaccine guidelines.
Nutrition should be an integral part of medical education...unfortunately it is not. I've seen incredible healing of both animals and humans (who were not getting better with conventional medicine) by doing a combination of healthy eating and natural herbal and homeopathic medicines.
I've been feeding my dogs a well balanced diet of raw food. Last year my eldest dog (18 years old) died. I still have her son (who is currently 13) and another dog who is 8 years old. Because of their great diet none of my dogs shave ever had to have their teeth cleaned. In fact, the vets have been used for spay/neuter and rabies shot until recently....when I discovered a vet who practices chiropracter, accupuncture and chinese medicinal herbs. So they are now getting periodic check ups and they are doing great. Its alot cheaper to stay healthy with healthy local organic foods for both people and their pets.
All vets should be exposed to the work of Juliette de Bairacli Levy. I"The Herbal Book for the Dog- A Complete Handbook of Natural Care and Rearing". This book should be required reading for all vets (and is beneficial for dog and cat owners.)
Maybe if your pet was born without a liver, or kidneys. There is a reason we have them, you know.
Most of us went to vet school because we love animals...true.
We spend $150,000 on an education that pays roughly $54,000 a year. My uncles are plumbers, they make more than that. They think I'm nuts.
I am sure there are a number of vets pedaling too many vaccines or flea medicine.
The truth is that there must be compromise in everything we do. Common sense must prevail.
For those of you who do not believe in ANY vaccines, or any flea meds, I invite you to come watch a puppy die of parvo or a cat die of leukemia, or a kitten die of flea infestation. That said, we do not vaccinate our kids yearly and should not vaccinate our pets this way either. I recommend (my clinic is a democracy ) a full compliment of protective vaccines during the first two years of life, after which I recommend vaccines every three years.
As far as the raw food movement: I am a raw foodist, however my animals eat only about 1/2 raw. Why? For me, it's the bacterial contamination. If you do not understand this, please head to a slaughter house and see for yourself. It is not a safe environment. I cook some meat and give the organic raw. This is a nice compromise and my dogs are incredibly healthy.
Be well!
Dr. Pat
How did we know to do this? Education by a number of vets over the years. I've NEVER felt like a single one of them was trying to get money from me. In fact, when I've lost a dog, I've had vets cry with me or make special allowances for me to stay with my dog after he was gone for just a little bit longer so that I could grieve and say goodbye. I know my vets have loved my dogs and cared for them as if they were their own, marking milestones in their development.
So, know this -- you are appreciated for all that you do! We love vets!
Just curious - what do you think about vegetarian/vegan diets for dogs?
BTW, most people I know appreciate Vets very much. Myself, included.
this is such good info. i will make sure to brush the cats and wipe trhem with a damp paper towel if we get hit again.
your a gem, we are so lucky to have you here in so cali
Dogs in the wild live about 7-8 years... because they live in the wild, and living in the wild is dangerous.
Why do the anti-healthy nutritional nuts have to come out in every thread like this. I am waiting for the "My dog ate nothing but Bacon and lived to be 27!" comment....
Distemper, Rabies, Lyme, Flu, Giardia, Bordatella, Heartguard per month, Frontline per month.
I don't even take a tylenol!! It just worries me. I respect my vet's opinion. I didn't mean to make a joke about 40 bucks. I spent 1000 bucks on tests when she had a basic coccidia infection (PICK UP YOUR POOP NEIGHBORS! >:( )
problem for one year. Then I switched to salt and I had to stop, thinking that the chemicals in the water would not be good for them anyway. I have 3 toy poodles and 2 Rotties. Always look for natural things on line. Worked for me! All those pills for the dogs can't be good. The rabies shot lasts 3 years but the vet want to give it every year.
Unfortunately, she also has a sweet tooth, inherited from her mother, which means we have to keep the occasional cake (we don't eat many sweets, as a family, either) out of reach, as well as abscond when eating ice-creams. She does she get a dried fig (which she loves) as a treat to quench her desire for sugar.
As to little avatar, he was brought over seven weeks ago, aged 5 weeks, and he's steadily been putting on an ounce a day: he weighed just over a pound then (520g) and today he just tipped the scales ate over 4 pound (2 kg). He mainly eats dry kitten food, but also a lot of fresh meat mixed with some moist kitten food - cooked poultry or some fat fish such as sardine or herring, and raw beef. His only bad dietary habit are the insects he insists on hunting and eating... (one very big yuck...)
Some references on the web:
American Veterinary Medical Associatoin: http://www.avma.org/avmacollections/spay_neuter/default.asp
The first article on the AVMA site is a very important one to read: http://www.avma.org/avmacollections/spay_neuter/javma_231_11_1665.pdf
Another excellent article summarizing available research on the topic: http://www2.dcn.org/orgs/ddtc/sfiles/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf
especially if they are strictly house cats......which mine are.
i love the name Gudrun...... DH Lawrence......women in love
ursula and gudrun.